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Grauman's Chinese Theatre, also known as TCL Chinese Theatre for sponsorship reasons, is a movie palace on the historic Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. The original Chinese Theatre was commissioned following the success of the nearby Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, which
Entrance of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. This is a list of handprint ceremonies for the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood Los Angeles, California (originally "Grauman's Chinese Theatre"). Footprints and signatures are also included, and in some cases imprints of other objects:
Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles. Bettmann/Getty Images Grauman's Chinese Theatre in L.A. on March 2, 1944. Grauman's Chinese Theatre — now known as TCL Chinese Theatre — is a Hollywood ...
Sidney Patrick Grauman (March 17, 1879 – March 5, 1950) was an American entrepreneur and showman who established two of Hollywood's most recognizable and visited landmarks, the Chinese Theatre and the Egyptian Theatre.
Landmarks include: Grauman's Chinese and Egyptian Theatres, Pantages Theatre, Warner Theatre, El Capitan Theatre, Taft Building, Shane Building, Baine Building, Janes House, Hollywood First National, Hollywood Plaza Hotel, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood Masonic Temple, Security Trust and Savings: 2382: La Belle Tour: January 22, 1988
Among the theatres acquired in the transaction was Grauman's Chinese Theatre, renamed Mann's Chinese Theatre, in addition to several of the prestigious single-screen theaters in the Los Angeles area, including the Fox Village Theater, the Bruin Theater, the National and the Ogden Theatre, Esquire Theatre, Mayan Theatre, Center Theatre and ...
Only Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood also had such elaborate premieres in that era. In 1951 the first PATSY Award ceremony was held at the Carthay Circle. Presented by the American Humane Association, the event was hosted by Ronald Reagan, and honored Francis the Talking Mule as the first recipient of the award that honored animal actors.
Meyer and Holler was the design-build firm that had already built Grauman's Egyptian Theatre for Sid Grauman. The ground breaking for the Chinese took place on January 5, 1926, and the construction was to be completed by December 28, 1926. The grand opening of Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California, was on May 18, 1927, and was the ...